One thing you NEVER outgrow
I was listening to John Piper the other day and he said one of the most profound things I've EVER heard. He said,
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February 10, 2012, 6:32 amMy college FB coach used to say, "Fatigue makes cowards of us all" -Tyrone Willingham ...I'm going to be early tonight!
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I was listening to John Piper the other day and he said one of the most profound things I've EVER heard. He said,
I was listening to John Piper the other day and he said one of the most profound things I've EVER heard. He said,
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Craig Groeschel recently said this at Catalyst West:
What's your temperature?
Craig Groeschel recently said this at Catalyst West:
“Lukewarm pastors build lukewarm churches.”
BRILLIANT!Here's my question: If you're lukewarm shouldn't you do something about it?
What scares me: When people don't want to be on fire. When they would say, "I have enough God."
Here's another graphic someone made. I like it. Pretty clever with hot and cold faucets on either side. (It has Lukewarm written in the middle and has Rev. 3:15 underneath)
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Brooke and I were reading our devotional this past week and this really hit me because of what we're called to do. These are two different thoughts from the devo by Oswald Chambers:
discipleship carries an option
Brooke and I were reading our devotional this past week and this really hit me because of what we're called to do. These are two different thoughts from the devo by Oswald Chambers:
"One life wholly devoted to God is of more value to God than one hundred lives simply awakened by His Spirit" - Oswald Chambers
"Wholly devoted" vs "simply awakened" (there's a sermon in there!)"Unless the worker lives a life hidden with Christ in God, he is apt to become an irritating dictator instead of an indwelling disciple. Many of us are dictators, we dictate to people and to meetings. Jesus never dictates to us in that way. Whenever Our Lord talked about discipleship, He always prefaced it with an "IF," never with an emphatic assertion - "You must." Discipleship carries an option with it."
We have the high challenge of preaching God's word in such a way that it casts a compelling enough vision for students that they would WANT to be a disciple of Jesus. This sobers me because just because I'm preaching doesn't mean students are being discipled. My job is not to dictate God's Word but to LIVE IT first, then preach it in such a way that provokes/prompts discipleship in our students hearts. In my mind, that's different than telling student what they NEED to do, or what they SHOULD do.I believe this generation WANTS to opt-in to God's call on their life but they also don't want to be CORNERED into it.
Sometimes us preachers have a way of making God's amazing unchanging Word BORING or MUNDANE even though we know it's not. After this devo I was challenged to work harder, longer, prayer more, study more or do whatever it takes to disciple as Jesus discipled. Are you committed to doing that for yourself...and your students?0
Rev. Run who was the lead guy Run DMC said something amazing on Twitter and I thought I should share it. If you don't know, Run DMC was one of the pioneers for "Hip Hop"! Not Gangster rap, rap music, or R&B but true "Hip Hop" (music with a message)
This quote from Rev. Run is profound and speaks to something EVERY leader should do:
a TRUE leader must...
Rev. Run who was the lead guy Run DMC said something amazing on Twitter and I thought I should share it. If you don't know, Run DMC was one of the pioneers for "Hip Hop"! Not Gangster rap, rap music, or R&B but true "Hip Hop" (music with a message)
This quote from Rev. Run is profound and speaks to something EVERY leader should do:
"A true leader must have the courage to act against an experts advice. Trust ur intuition... I owe my success 2 listenin respectfully 2 many experts, accountants etc and then going my own way! Trust ur gut!
God gives each of us discernment so that we can take the life He's given us and make responsible and God honoring decisions. The first thing that came to mind was Mark Beeson. All the experts would have said, there is no need to put a church in the middle of a cornfield in some dirt road town full of Catholics called Granger, IN....well God knew what He was doing EVEN WHEN the experts thought they were right! (Side note: I'm not condoning his album or anything like that, I just LOVE what he said. It helped me grow as a leader. I'm open and willing to learn from anyone God will speak to me through.)0
Motivation doesn't last...
"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing-that's why we recommend it daily." -Zig Ziglar
Sound familiar? "...give us this day, our daily bread..." (Matt. 6:11) Zig's BRILLIANT at taking Biblical principles and applying them to business. that's why he's "Zig Ziglar" and not some guy who has cool sayings.0